oils and chemicals that cockroaches findunpleasant. Terpenes and sesquiterpene hydrocarbons make up between 6 and 42 percent of theoils in these leaves‚ according to the National University of Singapore researchers. Pandan leavescontain substances repellent to vermins‚ they actually discourage these insects at a lower rate than other plants from the same geographical region.Terpenes are a large and diverse class of organic compounds‚ produced by a variety of plants‚ particularly conifers‚ though also by
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insecticide or repellent can deter this. The small biting midges‚ sandflies and blackflies are unable to bite through clothes‚ even if these are made of thin material (40). People active during daytime can best protect themselves by wearing thin clothing over as much of the body as possible and applying repellents to the parts of the body left exposed (26‚ 41). Repellents are only partially effective against swarms of biting midges. Headnets or hooded wide-mesh jackets impregnated with a repellent offer good
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Determining the Effectivity of Lanzones Peels as Mosquito Coil Against Its Commercial Counterparts An Investigatory Project Presented to: MS. AILENE HIJARA A Faculty of Science Department Statefields School‚ Inc. In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for CHEMISTRY by: CAMILLE FAYE MULI JINN DINN ORLANDA JOHN RHEY MITRA RIGEL KENT RENDON JONAS TRISTAN TAGUIBAO August 2013 Chapter I “The Problem and Its Setting” Background of the Study Mosquitoes have been
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serving from years as a mosquito repellent in the field of ancient and modern medicine. Commercially available mosquito repellents are chemical based and disastrous to human health. An attempt has been made to prepare a 100% herbal product based on Citronella leaf remains which is left out and of no use after steam distillation. It is cheap‚ effective and environment friendly. It is a first and preliminary work based on formulating and evaluating herbal mosquito repellent cakes using natural binders
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CHILI PEPPER AND KAMIAS AS MOSQUITO REPELLENT Investigatory Project 2014 - 2015 Submitted by: BANZON‚ REXEL JOHN M. MORALES‚ ARNE JOSEPHUS L. LEGASPI‚ VIA JANE MARIE N. SAGARINO‚ SHYROSE MAY B. TAPAYAN‚ ANTHONY JANE B. TOLEDO‚ CHERRY MAE M. Submitted to: MISS NEMEA MAE F. COSIDO Instructress ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Miss Nemea Mae Flores Cosido for giving us the chance to show our best in this Investigatory Project and for guiding us while we were conducting
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PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Nowadays‚ we are experiencing diseases which is caused by insects like mosquito. To name some are Dengue‚ Hemorrhagic Fever‚ and Malaria wherein if not treated early it can cause death. Mosquitoes are all around the corner of our environment. They are not that big but can cut off life. To control the mosquitoes‚ different mosquito repellent are made and the laboratory chemicals are effective but they are quite expensive and not environmental friendly. Chemicals
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good evidence that garlic possesses antibacterial‚ antiviral‚ antifungal‚ antiprotozoan and even insect-repellent properties. Given the recent surge of the West Nile virus spread by infected mosquitoes‚ it is interesting to explore the value of garlic as one more method for avoiding mosquito bites. A number of studies have shown that the oil fraction of garlic destroys certain species of mosquito larvae. Garlic sprays (made primarily with garlic extract) are available on the market for use on plants
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(Natural Mosquito Repellent) Abstract Mosquito repellents are essentially required these days. Mosquito coils are one of the cheapest and effective way of avoiding them‚ but this coils are made up of chemicals which can harm our health. So we thought about making a substitute mosquito coil that is not harmful to our health and that is the Anstor katol a natural and environmental friendly coil. Introduction Background of the Study: We chose this project because a mosquito coil made
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PREVENT A MOSQUITO BITES? I. ABSTRACT: We the researcher conduct this study due to economic crisis now a days. Its aim to create a product of insect repellent which is cheaper and could give the same quality which the commercial one could give through lemon grass. Insect repellent are important tools for prevention of insect borne - diseases as well as painful or uncomfortable insect bites. And one natural insect repellent is the
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Abstract Plant-based repellents have been used for generations in traditional practice as a personal protection measure against host-seeking mosquitoes. Knowledge on traditional repellent plants obtained through ethno botanical studies is a valuable resource for the development of new natural products. Recently‚ commercial repellent products containing plant-based ingredients have gained increasing popularity among consumers‚ as these are commonly perceived as “safe” in comparison to long-established
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